Year 8 students focus on physical and mental health, including healthy coping strategies. In RSE we look at healthy relationships, consent, contraception, STIs and safe sex. We also revisit internet safety with a focus on nudes, exploitation and cyber bullying) and we prepare them for their Outward Bound adventure by revisiting how their resilience skills and looking at leadership and teamwork . They also study the Citizenship topic of the law and prepare and present a mock trial.
Useful resources for Year 8:
Mental Health:
Childline advice on mental health
Relationships:
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/friends-relationships-sex/sex-relationships/
The Mock Trial:
https://smartlaw.org.uk/mock-trials/magistrates-court-mock-trials-teachers/